Example Workshop Rob Arch 2012

EXAMPLE WORKSHOP ROB|ARCH 2012:

WORKSHOP TITLE

Parametric Robot Control with Grasshopper

This workshop will demonstrate the optimization of the robot data workflow from a digital parametric design to a physical geometry. In Grasshopper, the robot´s end effector visualization, the generation of manufacturing and design variants for mass customization, and the necessary calculations for direct robot programming will be performed in real time providing instant design feedback.

As a result of the parametric design process the KRL (KUKA Robot Language) code will be automatically generated. A KUKA robot will be used for physically producing the participants´ parametric designs. The custom KUKA Plug In for Grasshopper/Rhino will be made available to all participants.

This workshop is kindly supported by KUKA and Robots in Architecture (eV).

What participants can expect to learn in this workshop
Participants will be introduced to the concepts of production immanent design, manufacturing parametric designs, writing G-Code for CNC machining and controlling a KUKA robot using customized parametric design software (Grasshopper).
Participants are strongly encouraged to produce their own individual designs within the 2-days ́ workshop: Using robot wire-cutting or CNC robot milling, a XPS stockmodel will be cut into stackable components resulting in a free form design.
Workshop presenter(s)
Robots in Architecture: Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Johannes Braumann

Sigrid Brell-Cokcan is one of the founding partners of II Architects int Istanbul/ Vienna. Since 2001 she has been lecturing in the field of architecture and industrial design at University of Applied Arts Vienna and Vienna University of Technology. Her current research is focusing on computer aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies and design immanent robot milling with an emphasis on large scale freeform geometry.

Johannes Braumann has specialized in parametric modeling and customized robot manufacturing at the Institute of Architectural Sciences / Digital Architecture and Planning, Vienna UT. Together with Sigrid Brell-Cokcan he is co-founder of the association for Robots in Architecture (eV).

Robots in Architecture (eV) was founded in 2010 to promote the use of industrial robots in Architecture, Art, and Design.
Prerequisites necessary for participants
Familiarity with Rhino 4.0 and Grasshopper, programming or scripting skills not necessary.
Platform used, required software
Rhino 4.0, Grasshopper,

Participants are required to bring their own laptops, software will be provided by workshop presenters.

Robotic Specification:
1 KUKA KR 5 SIXX, payload 5 kg

Workshop timeline
This is a 2-day course.
Day 1:
Demonstration of the CAD to Robot workflow.
Generating general G-Codes for CNC-Machines. First implementations in Grasshopper (Analyzing the existing design from the robot demonstration, required geometric input, G-Code output for Grasshopper).
Hand Out Task 1: Custom parametric freeform design.

Day 2:
Individual support for task 1 (parametric design in Grasshopper).
Task 2: Robot simulation of task 1
Robot manufacturing of individual designs.